styptic

• Where an oak and a beech grow side by side, close together, the oak suffers more than the beech, from the dense shade of the latter; and if they are so near as to touch and rub together in the wind, the oak will throw out a plaster or protection of bark, to act as a styptic to the wound in the first place, and eventually as a solid barrier against further aggression. —  Grain and Chaff from an English Manor
• To-day we know that the internal secretion of these organs is a very powerful styptic, and there is good reason to believe that a copious discharge accompanies an unusual exhibition of rage. —  Science and Morals and Other Essays
• The soft wattle gum was a splendid styptic, and two whole days and nights of complete rest did much to accelerate his recovery; and game being plentiful at and about the waterholes, he and Tommy made themselves as contented as possible, for there was still a clear week before the pearling lugger was due at the mouth of the Coen. —  Tom Gerrard
• Indeed this last account is clearly based on a book account, in which there was a play on the Arabic words tubb[=a]q "styptic" and tabaq "table." —  The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920
• In Arabic, tubb[=a]q means "styptic." —  The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920

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